CD4042 Equivalent ICs

74ALS175, 74LS74, HEF4013B, 74AHC74, 4013, 7475, 74377, NTE74C74

Where to Use CD4042?

CD4042 IC used for the various purpose in electronics, the IC can be used for data transfer, bounce elimination switch, Buffer storage, holding registers, or for giving general digital logic. This IC doesn’t require many external components. We can also change the rise and fall time of Output by setting Polarity terminal.

How to Use CD4042?

There are four Flip-flops present inside 4042 IC, each strobe by a common clock. It has four Data input pins, each of them have two output inverting and non-inverting. Information present at Data input pin is transferred to the outputs of Q and Q’ based on the clock and polarity input. The truth table of the IC is given below:

Polarity changes the rising and fall time of the Output for understanding this see the waveform below:

When Polarity set to Low, on giving high pulse the output waveform will rise when the clock pulse is in rising state

When Polarity set to High, on giving high pulse the output waveform will rise when the clock pulse is in falling state

Now, the circuit given below shows that how we can use CD4042 IC for making an electronic circuit. This is the multi-switch circuit which is taking input from the Data pin D0. In this circuit, we are using only one Flip-flop of the IC. As the Data input is High the LED will glow until or we can say the Output Q will be HIGH until the Data input goes Low. We can control the Output from any of the Four Switches preset in the circuit.